After World War ll, a new conflict began. Known like a Cold War, this battle pitted the world’s two great powers-the-democratic, capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union. Beginning in the late 1950s, space would become another dramatic arena for this competition, as each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology, its military firepower and–by extension–its political-economic system.
On October 4, 1957 the Russians placed the first successful satellite into orbit. It was called Sputnik I. The Russians had taken the lead in the Space Race. The Americans successfully launched their first satellite four months later called the Explorer I.
Klick on either flag below for more information about their space programme:
After World War ll, a new conflict began. Known like a Cold War, this battle pitted the world’s two great powers-the-democratic, capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union. Beginning in the late 1950s, space would become another dramatic arena for this competition, as each side sought to prove the superiority of its technology, its military firepower and–by extension–its political-economic system.
On October 4, 1957 the Russians placed the first successful satellite into orbit. It was called Sputnik I. The Russians had taken the lead in the Space Race. The Americans successfully launched their first satellite four months later called the Explorer I.
Klick on either flag below for more information about their space programme:
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